More than 100,000 Israeli websites have come under attack from Anonymous hacktivists around the world. Speaking to RT, a Middle East hacker explained the aims of the cyber assault on Israel’s online presence.

A cyber attack by the activist group Anonymous targeting Israeli government websites in solidarity with Palestinians has failed to cause serious disruption, officials have said.

“God bless the minds and the efforts of the soldiers of the electronic battle,”

— Ihab Al-Ghussian, Gaza’s chief government spokesman (on Facebook)

Anonymous had warned they would launch a massive attack on Israeli sites in a strike they called #OpIsrael starting on April 7, 2013.